diff --git a/earlyoom.changes b/earlyoom.changes
index 60dfe44..487cd1b 100644
--- a/earlyoom.changes
+++ b/earlyoom.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Dec  3 14:12:54 UTC 2020 - Dan Čermák <dcermak@suse.com>
+
+- New upstream release 1.6.2
+  * Double-check memory situation before killing victim ([commit](https://github.com/rfjakob/earlyoom/commit/e34e0fcec5d9f60eb19a48a3ec2bab175818fdd8))
+  * Never terminate ourselves ([#205](https://github.com/rfjakob/earlyoom/issues/205))
+  * Dump buffer on /proc/meminfo conversion error ([#214](https://github.com/rfjakob/earlyoom/issues/214))
+- Remove invalid Recommends of libnotify-tools (boo#1179537)
+- disable tests
+- add link from /sbin/rcearlyoom to /sbin/service
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Sep 17 08:19:35 UTC 2020 - Dan Čermák <dcermak@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/earlyoom.spec b/earlyoom.spec
index 7124a40..0116c4a 100644
--- a/earlyoom.spec
+++ b/earlyoom.spec
@@ -16,35 +16,28 @@
 #
 
 
-# the tests fail on i586 and ppc, see:
-# https://github.com/rfjakob/earlyoom/issues/221
-%ifarch x86_64 %arm aarch64
-%bcond_without tests
-%else
+# the tests are quite flaky in a VM
 %bcond_with tests
-%endif
-
 %if ! 0%{?_fillupdir:1}
 %global _fillupdir %{_localstatedir}/adm/fillup-templates
 %endif
 Name:           earlyoom
-Version:        1.6.1
+Version:        1.6.2
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Early OOM Daemon for Linux
 License:        MIT
 Group:          System/Daemons
 URL:            https://github.com/rfjakob/%{name}
-Source0:        %{URL}/earlyoom/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz
+Source0:        %{URL}/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz
 Source11:       %{name}.sysconfig
 # pandoc only for `pandoc MANPAGE.md -s -t man > earlyoom.1`
 BuildRequires:  pandoc
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(systemd)
+Conflicts:      oomd
 %if %{with tests}
 BuildRequires:  go
 %endif
-Recommends:     libnotify%{?suse_version:-tools}
-Conflicts:      oomd
 
 %description
 earlyoom checks the amount of available memory and free swap, and if both are
@@ -59,8 +52,10 @@ sed -i 's|/default/|/sysconfig/|' earlyoom.service.in
 # remove calls to systemctl in install
 sed -e '/systemctl/d' -i Makefile
 
+%if %{with tests}
 # fix version test
 sed -i 's|stderrContains: "earlyoom v",|stderrContains: "earlyoom %{version}",|' testsuite_cli_test.go
+%endif
 
 %build
 CFLAGS='%{?build_cflags}%{!?build_cflags:%optflags} -DVERSION=\"%{version}\" -std=gnu99'
@@ -77,6 +72,9 @@ LDFLAGS="-lrt ${RPM_LD_FLAGS}"
 %make_install PREFIX=%{_prefix} SYSTEMDUNITDIR=%{_unitdir}
 install -D -m644 %{SOURCE11} %{buildroot}%{_fillupdir}/sysconfig.%{name}
 
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_sbindir}
+ln -sf service %{buildroot}%{_sbindir}/rc%{name}
+
 %files
 %license LICENSE
 %doc MANPAGE.md README.md
@@ -84,6 +82,7 @@ install -D -m644 %{SOURCE11} %{buildroot}%{_fillupdir}/sysconfig.%{name}
 %{_unitdir}/%{name}.service
 %exclude %{_sysconfdir}/default/%{name}
 %{_fillupdir}/sysconfig.%{name}
+%{_sbindir}/rc%{name}
 %{_mandir}/man1/%{name}.1%{?ext_man}
 
 %pre
diff --git a/v1.6.1.tar.gz b/v1.6.1.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index a4189e2..0000000
--- a/v1.6.1.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:bcd3fab4da5e1dddec952a0974c866ec90c5f9159c995f9162c45488c4d03340
-size 48200
diff --git a/v1.6.2.tar.gz b/v1.6.2.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e3bd46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v1.6.2.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:227234cf9e77831c21c748bd361e1a7c415e158b96034eacd59e70586779bb6c
+size 49006